Chapter 916 Slap in the Face (First Update)
Gu Jiao didn't answer Gu Jinyu's question. Instead, she looked at the long line of people carrying boxes outside the mansion, hummed in agreement, and said, "Right? You also think the spectacle is too grand."
Gu Jinyu smiled and glanced at Gu Jiao: "Of course, the wedding of a noble lady from a prestigious family in the capital is a grand affair. When you got married in the countryside, you probably didn't even have a dowry, right? No wonder you're upset. If it were me, I would feel the same way. You raised your husband, only to have him belong to someone else. It's such a waste of all your efforts over the years. If you had known this would happen, you should have listened to Father and broken off your relationship with Xiao Heng. At least it was you who didn't want him, and before the news reached the capital, Father might have been able to find you a good marriage. Now the whole capital knows that you're the wife who was abandoned by the young marquis. Who would dare to marry you?"
Over there, a box was stuck on the carriage; several people couldn't push it or pull it off.
Gu Jiao went over to help.
Gu Jinyu called out to her, but this time she couldn't stop Gu Jiao. After thinking for a moment, she lifted her skirt and chased after her.
"Second Miss!" A maidservant caught up with her. "Where are you going? Didn't we agree to go to the shop to pick up your jewelry? And while you're at it, go to the embroidery shop to have your wedding dress altered."
Gu Jinyu watched Gu Jiao's retreating figure and said, "Let's go do another one later. My silly sister is going to embarrass herself. I should stop her. Sister! Don't be impulsive!"
She followed Gu Jiao to the carriage.
Inside the truck, a driver was bending over, unloading goods. He tried to push the boxes out, but they were stuck tightly, and his fingers were also stuck.
Gu Jiao glanced at it, drew a dagger from her waist, and was about to pry open the box when Gu Jinyu grabbed her wrist: "Sister! What are you doing? No matter how unhappy you are, you can't do something like destroying someone's dowry!"
People nearby all turned to look at the two of them.
The deliverymen were shop assistants from the capital. They didn't know Gu Jiao, so they were unaware that she was the young master of this mansion.
Gu Jinyu hurriedly said to everyone, "I'm sorry, I am the second young lady of the Ding'an Marquis's mansion, and she is my older sister. She was just having a moment of weakness, but I think she didn't mean it. Please don't blame her."
After listening for a while, no one understood what "intentional" or "unintentional" meant. However, seeing that Gu Jiao was holding a dagger and considering Gu Jinyu's words, they naturally assumed that Gu Jiao was there to cause trouble.
That's strange. Did this family make enemies so soon after moving in?
Gu Jinyu earnestly advised, "Sister, don't do anything foolish. I know you resent the young lady from Yan who stole your husband, but no matter what, you can't do such a thing in public. Where will you put Grandfather's face? Where will you put Father's face? Where will you put your brothers and the entire Ding'an Marquis's Mansion's face?"
This time everyone understood.
It turns out that the newly moved-in wealthy family is none other than the Duke of Anguo and his daughter from the State of Yan. Wasn't the Duke of Anguo's daughter engaged to the young Marquis of Zhaodu?
Could it be that the young marquis already had a first wife?
Gu Jinyu choked up as she said, "When the young marquis was in trouble in the countryside, you saved him and made him your husband. Now that he has regained his status... Although I also feel sorry for my sister who only learned the truth today..."
So, this girl once saved the young marquis and is now using that kindness to get him to marry her?
And she never knew the young marquis's background?
The young marquis was unwilling to tell her about his background, which shows that he did not sincerely marry her in the first place.
He must have been threatened by her.
Gu Jiao looked at Gu Jinyu, her expression indifferent: "Are you done?"
Gu Jinyu shook her head pleadingly: "Sister... I beg you... don't do anything foolish... If you go to the Marquis's mansion and apologize now, Grandfather and my brothers will definitely still be willing to take you back..."
Everyone was even more surprised. So this young lady had never been recognized by the Marquis's mansion?
A shop assistant muttered under his breath, "Ah, I think I heard... the young lady grew up in the countryside... she's not presentable..."
Gu Jiao glanced at Gu Jinyu speechlessly, withdrew her hand, and stabbed the bottom of the box with a dagger.
"Sister—" Gu Jinyu's face turned pale!
Before anyone could stop her, Gu Jiao had already pried open the box, and the coachman on the carriage successfully removed his swollen finger, letting out a long sigh of relief.
Any later and his finger would be ruined!
Outside the carriage, a waiter stared in alarm at the box that Gu Jiao had unloaded, exclaiming, "Oh dear! The box is broken! This is a top-quality mahogany box! It was filled with this year's most fashionable jewelry! I hope it's not punctured too!"
It broke during transport. If we ask them for compensation, these guys couldn't afford to pay even if they risked their lives!
Gu Jinyu said with great distress, "Sister, I've told you not to do this... No matter how upset you are... you can't take it out on these things!"
As soon as she finished speaking, a commotion arose in the crowd, followed by the words of the coachman whose finger had been saved by Gu Jiao: "Oh no, the steward from the Duke's mansion has arrived!"
Gu Jinyu looked at Gu Jiao, a disdainful smirk playing on her lips: "Sister, don't be impulsive later. That man is the head steward of the Duke's mansion. If you offend him, then..."
She had only spoken halfway when the manager stormed up to Gu Jiao, glaring at her fiercely: "Who told you to move the boxes!"
Gu Jinyu said softly, "Manager, please don't be angry with my sister, my sister..."
"Doesn't your hand hurt?" Manager Zheng asked, hands on his hips.
Gu Jinyu was taken aback.
The other drivers and assistants were also taken aback.
Manager Zheng had learned the Zhao language, and he was speaking it clearly, so everyone present could understand him perfectly.
He was just asking... Doesn't your hand hurt?
Gu Jinyu blinked in confusion, walked up to Steward Zheng, stood next to Gu Jiao, and said, "I'm so sorry, my sister broke your trunk. But don't worry, the Ding'an Marquis's Mansion will definitely compensate you for your loss. Please don't blame my sister; she's just too upset...too angry..."
Manager Zheng glared at Gu Jinyu and said irritably, "Who are you? I'm talking to my young lady, what right do you have to interrupt!"
Gu Jinyu was stunned again.
She could hardly believe she'd heard correctly: "...You...your young lady?"
Manager Zheng said, "Yes! She is my young lady!"
Everyone gasped in shock!
Gu Jinyu stared in disbelief, her mind going completely blank.
Manager Zheng was an extremely shrewd person. She kept calling her young lady "sister," but her words were all about complaining about her young lady.
Does the woman think she's caught her mistress red-handed because her young lady is low-key and doesn't like to flaunt her status?
Oh dear, the Duke's mansion has no tradition of taking concubines, and the inner quarters are peaceful. He had nowhere to use his skills, but he happened to come to Zhao Kingdom!
Steward Zheng rolled up his sleeves, took two steps toward Gu Jinyu, and said imperiously, "My young lady is the Duke's darling daughter. All these things belong to her! She can break them however she wants! Even if she burns them all for fun, that's her business!"
"I..." Gu Jinyu was speechless after being rebuked.
Manager Zheng stepped forward, forcing Gu Jinyu to retreat step by step.
Manager Zheng chuckled and said, "Don't keep calling me 'sister,' trying to curry favor with my young lady. Are you worthy?"
Gu Jinyu was completely dumbfounded: What on earth was going on? Wasn't she divorced by the young marquis? How did she become the daughter of the Duke of Anguo's mansion? She was clearly just a girl who grew up in the countryside!
Whether from shock or jealousy, she trembled slightly, her nails digging into her palms until they almost drew blood.
She looked at Gu Jiao in disbelief: "You...you didn't go to Youzhou? How could you—"
Just then, another carriage came from another direction.
It was the old Marquis and Gu Changqing who returned from the court.
Perhaps noticing the commotion in front of the Duke's mansion, the two got off the carriage and walked straight over here.
"What happened?" Gu Changqing asked, frowning.
When Gu Jinyu saw her grandfather and elder brother, she was first taken aback, then a flash of inspiration struck her, and she cried out as if she had found a lifeline, "Grandfather! Elder brother! My sister didn't go to Youzhou after all! She secretly ran away to Yan! And she became the daughter of the Duke's mansion!"
My grandfather was always very particular about rules, and he would never allow his granddaughter to run off to live with someone else.
Moreover, since it's from another country, this probably already constitutes treason.
My grandfather was a general; he would never tolerate such behavior!
Gu Jinyu looked at the old Marquis with anticipation, but the old Marquis only frowned and said, "How many times have I told you, you are not my granddaughter, so don't call me grandfather."
Gu Jinyu's face turned pale instantly!
No matter how much her grandfather disliked her in the past, he would never make a scene in public. But now, he has humiliated her in front of so many servants!
Why!
Gu Changqing didn't even glance at Gu Jinyu. He came to Gu Jiao's side, his cold expression softening: "Why did you come out in such a bright sun?"
"Come and see my godfather," Gu Jiao said.
The old marquis stood with his hands behind his back, his face aloof, his eyes fixed on the sky, and he cleared his throat heavily.
A strange feeling welled up in Gu Jinyu's heart: Was her grandfather jealous? Was he upset that the girl only looked at her godfather and not her grandfather?
(End of this chapter)
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